Super-z ferrules that are oxidized and coated with varnish
Handsome ring hook keeper in a twisted rope pattern
every SLT rod is made with Graphite IIIe
The reel's adjustable drag system is very strong
This could likely be polished out
Spurr, Dick - "Classic Bamboo Rodmakers - Past and Present" - Hardcover/Signed 9' Super-z ferrules that are oxidizedSpurr, Dick "Classic Bamboo Rodmakers Past and Present" Centennial Publications, Grand Junction, CO, 1992. First edition. 4to. 96 pp. Portrait plates from photographs. Biographical sketches of the greats from the second generation of American rodmakers: Carmichael, Garrison, Gillum, Jordan, and many others. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine condition. Silver stamped burgundy cloth.